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  • a little bit o’ crochet

    good afternoon! hopefully you are enjoying this last little bit of above zero weather until it turns tundra-esque. our chunky thread by Lori Holt arrived yesterday, so i set to work on getting the display up and everything marked. then last night after the last episode of the Ted Bundy Tapes i set to work…

  • quilting in january

    how’s it going in your neck of the woods this afternoon? it’s a tad chilly at 19F feels like 10F and the next week or so we are looking at subzero highs…time to pull out an old project, nab a new project, or cozy up with coffee and your tablet and do a little bit…

  • the Bookshelf

    good afternoon! i’ve just gotten back from the Post Office and am about to pin on a quilt and thought i better pop in and give you the low down on some new titles we’ve gotten in. These new titles are absolutely wonderful…I’ve added a couple of them to my personal library. These books are…

  • Lucy Tuesday week 74

    good afternoon!  we hope you are having a wonderful December.  we popped into town to get our Christmas tree on Sunday night…then we pulled out the lights and the beads and the ornaments and set to work. this year we opted for 3 trees…1 real, 1 small artificial, and the feather tree from the shoppe…

  • Christmas Color Bundles

    good evening! it is nearing the end of the day today…but i couldn’t walk out the door until i whipped up this post to bring you some pics of my favorite new bundles. Christmas Color Bundles (see how they match up with the Sleigh Ride project on the bed…) I’ve linked them up…just click the…

  • Lucy Tuesday week 73

    good afternoon! i’ve been neglecting my EPP to whip up the Cozy Quilter’s Christmas Pillow by Crabapple Hill…and it is nearly done!  patterns and floss have been ordered and (fingers-crossed) will be here by the end of the week. here is a sneaky peak of the project…i’ve gotten the embroidery all done…just waiting on the…

  • Lucy Tuesday week 70, 71, & 72…a little christmas cross stitch

    good evening! hopefully all is well in your neck of the woods.  thought i would pop in and give an update… i’ve only had a chance to get a few pink squares basted…and maybe one 9-patch surrounded.  i’ve worked on a couple hexie triangles for the Mrs. Billings border. i have been debating if i…

  • Lucy Tuesday week 69…swell dresden

    good morning!  i’m writing from home today since mom took yesterday off and wednesday and thursday will be spent finishing up projects, machine quilting, printing, kitting, and lastly thursday afternoon…packing for Bismark. i did get 1 project kitted and ready to go yesterday…Grandma’s Dresden Pillow featuring Swell Christmas and a little Good Tidings… Finishing at…

  • Lucy Tuesday week 68…EPP projects in the works

    Good afternoon!  it would seem that the harvest season is nearing an end.  Round bales dot once lush cornfields, leaves swirl and crackle on the sidewalk, and the air has an autumn bite to it.  Snowflakes have even spun in the breeze. It is the perfect time to nab a new project…or pull out an…

  • Lucy Tuesday week 67

    Didn’t work today since mom and i switched this week, so we can both work tomorrow to load for the woodbury quilt show. Thought i better pop in with an update on Lucy…had plans to stitch up the last block…and realized I’m short a honeycomb…of course… So i decided to help mom tidy the sewing…